Flight

FLIGHT CONNIE BRUMMEL CROOK George is proud that his father asked him to take care of things on the family farm. Besides keeping up with the chores, he must also look out for his mother and six brothers and sisters. His father, Hans Waltermyer, is leading recruits on dangerous missions for the British as the American Revolutionary War heats up. But then George is forced to stay behind while the rest of his family travels to meet their father in New York City. George can't let them travel alone. As far as he is concerned, there is only one choice. He must head through the wilderness, across enemy lines, in search of his family . -based on real historical characters and Flight -is the colorful story of a United Empire Loyalist family and their harrowing escape from enemy forces, to a new life in Canada. CONNIE CROOK lives in Peterborough, Ontario, where she is hard at work on other novels that bring Canada's past alive. She is a former teacher and is active in the United Empire Loyalist Association.